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Mathilde and Roger Lamb inquests: Couple fell to deaths in Morocco Mathilde and Roger Lamb inquests: Couple fell to deaths in Morocco
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A couple from Worcestershire fell to their deaths in separate incidents a few days apart while on holiday in Morocco, an inquest has heard.A couple from Worcestershire fell to their deaths in separate incidents a few days apart while on holiday in Morocco, an inquest has heard.
It is thought Mathilde Lamb, 43, fell 60ft (18m) from her apartment as she remonstrated with revellers celebrating Ramadan in the street below. Mathilde Lamb, 43, fell 60ft (18m) from her apartment window as she remonstrated with revellers celebrating Ramadan in the street below.
Her husband Roger, 47, is believed to have killed himself by jumping from a balcony on 22 August last year. The coroner ruled she died accidentally while her 47-year-old husband Roger took his life jumping down a hotel stairwell in Essaouira on 22 August.
The couple's deaths in the resort of Essaouira left their children orphans. Their deaths orphaned their children.
The inquest heard the couple, who were originally from the village of Pensham but had moved to Wiltshire, both died from their injuries in hospital.
Marriage on 'knife-edge'Marriage on 'knife-edge'
The inquest, at Trowbridge civic hall in Wiltshire, heard the couple, from Pensham, both died from their injuries in hospital. Coroner David Ridley at Trowbridge Coroner's Court, Wiltshire, said there was no evidence to the highest standard of proof to suggest foul play, anything suspicious or any third-party involvement.
Their marriage had been "on a knife-edge" and they were concerned with financial problems in the months before the holiday, the court heard. The court heard the couple's marriage had been "on a knife-edge" and they were concerned with financial problems in the months before the holiday.
The hearing was told that shortly after his wife's death on 17 August, Mr Lamb, a geotechnical civil engineer, had been stopped by locals from wading into the sea carrying a backpack full of rocks.The hearing was told that shortly after his wife's death on 17 August, Mr Lamb, a geotechnical civil engineer, had been stopped by locals from wading into the sea carrying a backpack full of rocks.
The court heard the couple's children, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, were said to have been waiting to meet their father after breakfast a few days later.The court heard the couple's children, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, were said to have been waiting to meet their father after breakfast a few days later.
It was then that they discovered he had fallen from a second-floor balcony at their new accommodation, a few streets away from where Mrs Lamb fell. 'Suicidally low'
It was then they discovered he had fallen from a stairwell at their new accommodation, a few streets away from where Mrs Lamb - who was known as Tilly - had fallen.
The court heard Mr Lamb had been working in New Zealand since early 2010 and there were plans for the whole family to move there.
Mrs Lamb had reservations about emigrating, the hearing was told.
Medical records read to the court said Mr Lamb had had trouble sleeping since 2010 and had also felt "suicidally low".
Friends said the Lambs used to have parties and a busy social life but Mr Lamb had recently become interested in living as a "new-age traveller".